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Home games could be on chilly side

Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News

Published October 26, 2007 at midnight

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That's right. Don't say you weren't warned.

Nightly temperatures in the 30s are predicted for Saturday through Monday thanks to a cold front sweeping in from Montana.

Highs during the day Saturday before Game 3 will be in the lower 50s, and rain or snow could arrive with the front. Sunday highs will reach the 60s and by Monday the 70s will return.

But each night, by the end of the game, temperatures will be in the 30s.

That's close to record-setting conditions of the Oct. 22, 1997, Game 4 between the Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.

That game was the coldest World Series game ever, with an official game-time temperature of 38 degrees - 18 degrees with wind chill. As the game wore on, snow fell, bats broke and players wore gloves on their throwing hands.

World Series weather

Memorable weather and other environmental events during past World Series:

• Oct. 21, 1975 Game 6 finally was played at Fenway Park in Boston after three consecutive days of being postponed by rain. The Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 12 innings.

• Oct. 17, 1989 The Loma Prieta earthquake struck during warm-ups for Game 3 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, lasting 15 seconds and measured 6.9 on the Richter scale. It was the first earthquake to be televised live and Game 3 between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics was postponed for 10 days.

• Oct. 19, 1996 Game 1 between the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves rained out at Yankee Stadium. The game is rescheduled for next day, pushing Game 2 to Oct. 21.

• Oct. 27, 2004 A total lunar eclipse during Game 4 between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.